John Cena has faced all types of opponents in his 12-year World Wrestling Entertainment career. He's had memorable feuds with bigger guys such as The Big Show and smaller guys like Daniel Bryan. He's battled the sadistic Randy Orton and the cerebral HHH. He's had classic matches against first-ballot Hall of Famers in Shawn Michaels and Edge.

But he hasn't gone against anybody quite like Bray Wyatt, as he will Sunday night at WrestleMania XXX in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The four-hour show starts at 6 p.m. and will air on pay-per-view and the WWE Network.

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Bray Wyatt and his dark Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) have been running roughshod over the rest of the WWE since last May. Bray Wyatt, dressed in a straw hat, Hawaiian shirt and white pants, is a unique character in the rich history of professional wrestling. His speeches are must-see TV, even if the audience can't always understand exactly what he's saying.

"He's very outspoken," said Cena of his opponent, who often sits in a rocking chair. "He's difficult to interpret sometimes. He's so interesting that people listen to him. In WrestleManias past, for me, the story has always been about who's best in the ring. This young man wants to defeat me at WrestleMania and hoping in defeat that people will begin to see me for who he thinks that I am."

What Wyatt thinks that Cena is, is a fraud. But Wyatt wants to turn Cena into a monster.

"What would the world be without its hero?" Wyatt told Cena on an episode of "Monday Night Raw." "People like you, John, you're hollow. You're full of empty promises. You promised to save these people. ... Liar. You are a liar, John Cena. You stand for these illusions, but I stand for everything that is real." Wyatt has also said that when Cena looks at him face-to-face, Cena will see a god.

Cena, 36, has said the future of the WWE goes through him, and Wyatt, 26, has met that challenge head on. It's a situation Cena has been in before, but on the other side with The Rock.

"I love the fact that everyone is kind of gunning for me," said Cena, who has repeatedly said on "Raw" that he is fighting for his legacy. "I like that position. The feud with Rock started when I over and over again called him out. So I basically was doing to The Rock what Bray Wyatt is doing to me. The way that I see it, that's the ultimate form of flattery."

At the Royal Rumble in January and The Elimination Chamber in February, the Wyatt Family cost Cena a chance to win his 15th championship. Cena said that he is not letting revenge cloud his preparation because WrestleMania is bigger than that.

"I can only imagine the deafening noise that's going to be in the Superdome," he said. "My driving force is to make a statement that yes, the future of the WWE eventually will have to come through me, but it will not be on Sunday April 6."

On the March 24 episode of "Raw," the Wyatts took control of the feud when they made the lights go out, pummeled Cena and put Rowan's sheep mask on him. Cena admitted that he's afraid of Bray, though Cena evened the momentum heading into WrestleMania when he donned a sheep mask on purpose and got in a few blows on the Wyatt family on the March 31 episode of "Raw."

"I'm not sure what Bray Wyatt's motive is," Cena said. "I don't know if it's to win, if it's just to embarrass me. When you go into a high-profile match, and you don't know if (your opponent's) trying to defeat you or not, it does mess with you psychologically. The whole thing has been a very different WrestleMania experience for me."

JOHN CENA VS. BRAY WYATT

Finishing moves: Cena's Attitude Adjustment; Wyatt's Sister Abigail

Biggest career victories: Cena over The Rock; Wyatt over Daniel Bryan

Theme song to the match: Eminem's Legacy

Jim Ross' take: "I'm looking forward to watching that one and seeing how it unfolds. It should be outstanding. You've got the face of the WWE in John Cena. And Bray Wyatt is a 300-pound athlete that has a second gear that a lot of big guys don't have. You can't really teach it. Bray Wyatt and John Cena both played offensive line in college. In the Superdome, which is known for football, you have two linemen going at it."

Jim Ross' pick: I think Cena wins, but I think it will be a defining match for Bray Wyatt. I think Bray comes out better than he went in. Bray Wyatt doesn't have to win to come out better at the end of the match than he started.

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Jim Ross has been associated with the wrestling business since 1974. He has two one-man shows this Thursday at the House of Blues called "RINGSIDE: An Evening with Jim Ross." The shows are at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., and tickets are available at ticketmaster.com, the House of Blues box office and at the door.